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Coriolis effect
The tendency for linear motion to be deflected in a rotating (non-inertial) reference frame. In most geophysical circumstance, the horizontal deflection of horizontal motion is most significant. Zonal motion experiences an acceleration -f v and meridional motion experiences an accleration f u in which u and v are the zonal and meridional components of velocity, respectively, and f is the Coriolis parameter.
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